The most recent earthquake that hit the southern Africa region was in February when a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck northern Zambia specifically the southern area of Lake Tanganyika.

The USGS confirmed that it could be felt across the lake in Tanzania and to the north in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. It was, however, considered as shallow due to its depth of only 6.2 miles (10 kilometres).

Preceding that, an earthquake had killed six people in the DRC’s Bakavu region whiles another one struck north-west Tanzania in September 2016 killing 19, damaging properties and rendering hundreds homeless.
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